"Speech is alive—literally alive because speaking is the speaker. It’s not the whole of the speaker, but it is the speaker in one of his or her living modes. This shows speech to be alive by definition … It possesses in principle life’s qualities, for its very nature is to change, adapt, and invent. Indissolubly contextual, speaking adapts itself to speaker, listener, and situation alike. This gives it an immediacy, range, and versatility that is, well, miraculous."
Huston Smith
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